[WBC Japan National Team]Samurai Japan pitcher coach Yoshii talks about “Three monsters, three things in common”[Yu Darvish, Shohei Otani, Aki Sasaki]

Samurai Japan won the WBC championship, but the performance of the Samurai pitchers in the final was spectacular. Led by starting pitcher Imanaga, the fact that the strongest U.S. batting line allowed only two runs surprised baseball fans around the world. At the end of the day, seeing Otani explode with joy after striking out Trout and winning the championship was truly a moving moment. Otani, Darvish, Sasaki, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto were expected to be the starting pillars of this WBC. Did you know that 3 out of 4 of them grew up under the same pitching coach? That pitching coach is Rihito Yoshii, who was with the WBC as a pitching coach. Coach Yoshii worked as a pitching coach at Nippon-Ham in the past, coaching Yu Darvish and Shohei Otani when they were at Nippon-Ham. After that, he will serve as Lotte’s pitching coach, coaching Roki Sasaki, and from 2023, he will lead Lotte as manager. It’s an incredible skill to bring up three of the most talented members of Samurai Japan this time! And coach Yoshii says that these three monsters have something in common. Details will be introduced in this chapter, but the expression is as follows. “All three of them have their own selves. To put it in a bad way, they’re like little brats. They don’t listen to what you say. “And they were really good at looking at themselves. They’re good at looking at themselves objectively.” Stubborn, in other words, have their own. It is often said that Sasaki and Otani do not give a sharp impression, but the words of Coach Yoshii, who has seen them up close, are persuasive. Coach Yoshii was also quite rambunctious when he was young, and it seems that he sometimes annoyed the leaders. So, in this video, titled “Three monsters, three things in common,” I would like to introduce mainly the comments of pitching coach Yoshii, who manages Samurai Japan’s strongest pitching staff. Yu Darvish, Shohei Otani, and Aki Sasaki. What is their secret of strength? We’ll get to the bottom of why they are monsters, so be sure to watch until the end! If you like this video, please click the Good button and subscribe to the channel!